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| | Speculate any? A whole article about the potential loss of AT&T's iPhone exclusivity and not a shred of evidence to back it up. I see plenty of reasons for allowing the contract to expire, but since when has either AT&T or Apple made a logical business decision or listened to frustrated, unhappy (potential) customers?
So no, AT&T's bad week has in no way killed the iPhone exclusivity extension. Unless, of course, there are unmentioned details that I'm missing. | |
|   ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
join:2005-03-14
Putnam, CT
kudos:4 | Re: Speculate any? It is speculation, but with that much negative press it would be smart of Apple to shop it around again. Remember that even though this is mostly AT&T's fault it spills over to Apple. It all rolls downhill.... | |
|  funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5 | said by mlundin:A whole article about the potential loss of AT&T's iPhone exclusivity and not a shred of evidence to back it up. It's pretty clear that Apple is no longer making excuses for it's network partner, AT&T. At WWDC, Apple clearly went out of its way to show who was supporting MMS and tethering (and by omission, who wasn't).
Apple couldn't have been more clear had they led the boos themselves as the crowd noticed that AT&T was not on the list of worldwide providers supporting these functions.
The spectacle led to PC Week's article, entitled "Apple to AT&T: Drop Dead," just in case the message was still too subtle for those that haven't read the nearly 5,000 articles this week.
And while AT&T is the turd in Apple's punchbowl, it is Apple who decided to serve it anyway.
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| |  MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | Re: Speculate any? said by funchords:said by mlundin:A whole article about the potential loss of AT&T's iPhone exclusivity and not a shred of evidence to back it up. It's pretty clear that Apple is no longer making excuses for it's network partner, AT&T. At WWDC, Apple clearly went out of its way to show who was supporting MMS and tethering (and by omission, who wasn't). Apple couldn't have been more clear had they led the boos themselves as the crowd noticed that AT&T was not on the list of worldwide providers supporting these functions. The spectacle led to PC Week's article, entitled "Apple to AT&T: Drop Dead," just in case the message was still too subtle for those that haven't read the nearly 5,000 articles this week. And while AT&T is the turd in Apple's punchbowl, it is Apple who decided to serve it anyway. These are all good points Rob. I think Apple may be souring on the relationship with AT&T. When a bunch of people who would eat the peanuts out of Steve's shit boo AT&T, you can't help but believe there is a more widespread issue. My personal experience has been that it's not the iPhone that has problems, but rather AT&T's network. Although my sample size is small, everyone I know who had and does have AT&T, iPhone or not, complains about their service. | |
| | | | | Re: Speculate any? Nope. My ATT Tilt with stock ROM has none of the connectivity issues that my friends with 3G iphones have on ATT's network. What does this mean? Well, for starters that although the 3G iPhone *was* tested on the network, it just barely qualified as an acceptable device prorated by the money they would make up front locking so many new customers into a 24 mo. contract. You can bet that they were aware of the potential for problems like many folks are currently experiencing. The revenue from 'happy' customers playing with a new toy outweighs the complaints they deal with. Apple does a hell of a job marketing which also helps a great deal regardless of how poorly they might perform vs other phones. | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Speculate any? FYI- Your part of CA is notorious for poor service. It's much better in other parts of the U.S. | |
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